HR 7411 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act

Introduced Jun 29, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Elissa Slotkin D-MI

Latest action · Jun 29, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 29, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act

This bill prohibits the Defense Logistics Agency of the Department of Defense from procuring certain items, such as non-stick cookware or food service ware for use in galleys or dining facilities, containing a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS).

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 29, 2020 to Jul 21, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Jun 29, 2020
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Jul 21, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Jun 29, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 29, 2020Introduced in House
Jun 29, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Necessary and Proper Clause: ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 119, June 29, 2020, page H2673.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 4094	PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act	Identical bill	Jun 29, 2020

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit the procurement by the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency of certain items containing a perfluoroalkyl substance or polyfluoroalkyl substance.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 29, 2020Introduced in House

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